Grow it as a goat until you get it out there to a safe length, clean the chin off, and instant mustache.
I am with you guys who dislike the "perpetual 5-O'clock-shadow" look. I think it just looks sloppy and I sure don't want to kiss it.
I shave because I like it. Lots of stuff out there to try out and enjoy. I have had facial hair in the past but now it just makes me look older than I am and I'm old enough as it is.